Anglophone African detective fiction 1940-2020 : The state, the citizen, and the sovereign ideal / Matthew J. Christensen.
Christensen, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1970- author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2024
PR9344 .C47 2024
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Title Anglophone African detective fiction 1940-2020 : The state, the citizen, and the sovereign ideal / Matthew J. Christensen.
Author Christensen, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1970- author.
ISBN 9781805432425
1805432427
1847013872
9781847013873
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk [England] : James Currey, 2024.
Copyright ©2024
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number PR9344 .C47 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification 823.00996
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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Series African articulations.
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Introduction
Part 1: Africanizing Detective Fiction's Un/Sovereign Subjects
1. Dispossession, Rescue, and the Sovereign Self in the Colonial-Era Detective Story
2. Sovereign States: Police Investigators, Secret Agents, and Sleuthing Citizens afterIndependence
3. . Decolonization Arrested
Part 2: Neoliberal Noir
4. Neoliberal Noir
5. Seriality, Stasis, and the Neoliberal State
6. Managed Risk and the Deadly Allure of Transparency
Conclusion: Detective Fiction and the Future Imperfect
An Anglophone African Detective Fiction Bibliography, 1940-2023.

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